French wine region
How to pronounce Mâcon
Mâcon is pronounced mah-KOHN. The stress falls on KOHN.
mah-KOHN
What is Mâcon?
A large wine-producing area in the southern part of Burgundy, France, known for value-oriented Chardonnay. Mâcon wines offer approachable, fruit-forward whites with less complexity but more immediate appeal than their northern Burgundy counterparts, with Mâcon-Villages and Pouilly-Fuissé as notable appellations.
Tips for saying it
Often heard as mah-KONN.
The final -on is a nasal vowel with no n sound at the end, like a nasal oh: mah-KOHN.
Often heard as MAY-kon.
The â in Mâcon is an open ah, not the ay of bacon: mah-KOHN.
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